“Close To Nature”: Forests combat wildfires

The World

Austrian forests got some attention when President Trump praised the country for avoiding wildfires by living in “forest cities.” That led to social media mayhem, but is there something to his point? How do European countries like Austria avoid the catastrophic wildfires that are so common to the American west? Amanda Peachers explains.

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